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On Wed, 05 Jul 2000 23:42:43 +0200, The Dr
       <psychiatrist@general-hospital.com> wrote:

>does NOT include the name of my news server in the message id and at
>the same time allows me to add X-headers.

In slrn, you can customize all headers any way you like, except for
the headers restricted by your news server.  That category usually
includes stuff like the X-Complaints-To and X-Trace headers.

Why don't you want to see the name of the server in the MID?  People
can see that in the Path anyways.

What do you want in the MID otherwise?  The part behind the "@"
in the MID is the host where the message first entered the network,
as per RFC 1036 [1].  That's either your host, or the news server,
that's debatable.  With dynamic IP's it'd be smart to use the
newsserver's hostname anyways, because you'd give the next person
using that IP the right to cancel your post if you'd use your own.


>2. Outlook does not include news server in message id but does not allow
>X-headers

Outlook is lusercrapware.


>3. Free Agent does not include news server in message id but does not
>allow X-headers

And, even worse, it has a MID ending on "4ax.com", a domain registered
by Forte Inc.  Which means that by using their newsreader, you give
Forte Inc the right to cancel your messages.


[1] http://www.faqs.org/rfcs/rfc1036.html
Arjan